Book Review: ‘Actor for Life: How to Have an Amazing Career Without All the Drama’
If you’ve been searching for a book that’s full of acting tips but also a guidepost to staying connected to acting as a craft, Actor for Life, might it.
Play Review: Paula Vogel’s Play, ‘Indecent’
Paula Vogel’s new play, Indecent, is a vivid, entertaining and sad page-turner.
Book Review: ‘The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution’
Acting coach Warner Loughlin has written a wonderful new book that debunks the nonsense of the “tortured actor.”
Book Review: ‘Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood’
Sexton was a working actress and is now an acting coach and acting teacher, so she knows what she’s talking about.
Play Review: Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘The Children’
Kirkwood paints a vivid picture. You can visualize the cabin and her dialogue is brisk and reveal so much about her characters.
Play Review: Stephen Karam’s ‘Speech and Debate’
The only thing wrong with Steven Karam’s new play, Speech & Debate, is that you might wish it would continue for another scene or two.
Book Review: ‘One on One – The Best Monologues for Mature Actors’
If you’re in search of a new monologue or just want to add one to your actor’s toolkit, you can’t go wrong here.
An Actor Succeeds: A Book Full of Quotes on Acting Tips, Auditioning and More
If you’re looking for the book on acting that’ll inspire and set a fire to your actor juices, Boze Hadleigh’s ‘An Actor Succeeds’ is one to check out.
Book Review: ‘How to Choose a Monologue for Any Audition’
The book begins with helping find your type and asking what kind of actor you are, how to play to your strengths when choosing your audition piece.
Book Review: ‘Broadway Musicals, Show-by-Show: Eighth Edition’
The new book, Broadway Musicals: Show By Show, is the most in-depth book on musical theater I’ve ever seen. According to the press release, the book, now in its eighth edition, is Broadway’s most “widely used reference book” and I can definitely see why. Originally written by Stanley Green (this edition has been revised and updated by Cary Ginell), the book is arranged in chronological order and begins with a show I’d never heard of
Book Review: ‘The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2013 to May 2014: Tenth Annual Edition’
The tenth annual edition of The Playbill Broadway Yearbook is out and, as usual, it’s chock full of all things that are wonderful.
Book Review: ‘Monologues for Every Audition’ by Glenn Alterman
I hate monologues. Always have. It’s just so unnatural to stand there before a casting director or agent and talk to someone that isn’t there. And to do it out of context? Ugh, the worst. Plus, it’s always hard to find a good one. If you’re like me, you constantly have one eye open whether you’re watching TV or a film or seeing a show. You think, “Oh, that’s a good one. I could do
Book Review: ‘The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2012 to May 2013’
I love everything about this book!
Book Review: ‘The Best American Short Plays 2011-2012’
All of the plays are very quick reads – they’re short plays, duh! – and most are pretty darn good.
‘The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2011 to May 2012’ Book Review
Once again, The Playbill Broadway Year
Book Review: ‘Acting Lions: Unleash Your Craft in Today’s Lightening Fast World of Film, Television & Theatre’
Penny Templeton is a New York based acting coach with 20 years of teaching under her belt and the knowledge and understanding of acting and the business side of acting shows. In the book, she’s taken the lessons and styles of all of the great acting teachers – Stanislavsky, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner and Uta Hagen – and combines them all into her own technique.
Book Review: ‘The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2010 to May 2011’
This book is a must for any theater lover.
Book Review: The Savvy Actor Career Manual
The Savvy Actor Career Manual bills itself as ‘The Most Comprehensive Actor’s Business Guide Ever’ and while that’s a pretty big claim, it gets pretty close.
Book Review: ‘The Sitcom Career Book’
If you’re a new actor and you’re looking to get into the sitcom world, The Sitcom Career Book would be a great place to start.
Book Review: ‘The ABC’s Of Soaps’
Trying to get into the Soap world? ‘The ABC’s of Soaps’ is a great way to start!
